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Following a recent claim from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) that the use of Ringtones constitutes a ‘public performance’ of the music that they’re playing, US mobile phone company Verizon surprised nearly everyone by paying out an initial license fee of nearly $5 million. Of course, ringtone providers already pay [...]
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Only a day after Orange’s announcement that it’ll breaking O2’s exclusive hold on UK sales of the iPhone, Vodafone has followed them into the arena, whilst also picking up permission to sell the phone in the Republic of Ireland. The deal is understood to have been concluded somewhat urgently in the immediate aftermath of [...]
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